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Apr 16, 2020 27 tweets 24 min read Read on X
It’s publication day for Applying Linguistics In Illness and HealthcareContexts! Been a long time coming! vm.tiktok.com/WDmPRd/
I could not be prouder of the volume!

Today, you'll get little previews and snippets from each chapter.

@BloomsburyLing

As a special treat, you get 35% off by entering 'GLR TW4' at bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li…
A massive THANK YOU to all the brilliant scholars who created the volume (mentions to follow), to @professorliwei1 for the push, and to @BloomsburyLing for publishing it!
Part I The experience of Illness

#LivedExperience #MedHum Image
Chapter 1 is on Voice-hearing and impoliteness

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@FilippoVarese @elenasemino Image
Chapter 2 focuses on diabulimia online

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@GavinBrookes26 Image
Chapter 3 explores the discourses of postnatal depression in different domains

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@RubriKarrie Image
Chapter 4 interrogates the language of a diagnostic tool for pain - the McGill Pain Questionnaire

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@HardieResearch @elenasemino Image
Part II Relating to each other

#MedHum #Interactions #HealthCommunication Image
Chapter 5 investigates what makes HIV/AIDS consultations work well in Malawi

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@ChimbwetePhiri Image
Chapter 6 looks at how empathy works in online chat counselling

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@wyke_stommel @joycelamerichs Image
Chapter 7 discusses the multiple functions that narratives perform in illness contexts

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@MiriamLocher Image
Part III Illness in the mass media

#PublicHealthComms #SciComm Image
Chapter 8 explores how metaphors in the media, especially War metaphors, can lead to stigma in the context of obesity

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@koteyko_nelya @dbatanasova Image
Chapter 9 focuses on the perils of communicating risk in a way that encourages the right kinds of public behaviour

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@ChrisTangkcl @LangCogBe Image
Part IV Professional practices and concerns

#ProfessionalComms #doc2doc Image
Chapter 10 shows how receptionist triaging in GP can be improved with a small change in language

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@rein_ove @LizStokoe Image
Chapter 11 focuses on doctors' understandings of the role of culture in their professional practice

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@MarianVicUni Image
Chapter 12 is on the barriers to good end-of-life and palliative care in GP

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@joelleloew @MacGPSarah @ke_weetman Image
Chapter 13 illuminates how dominant definitions of suicide may impact healthcare practice

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@d_galasinski @jziolkowska1 Image
And @mellojonny closes the volume with reflections on the role of language in primary care from a GP perspective

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That's all folks! I hope you enjoyed this little twitter launch.

And don't forget: there is a discount code which gets you 35% off. Enter 'GLR TW4' at bloomsbury.com/uk/applying-li…

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